Toy pistol



Patented Jan.i 4, 1927. l

UNITED?) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARCI-:IIE n. PEPIN AND-FRANK r. w. HAA'CK, or BEND, OREGON.

TOY PISTOL.

Application. med November 13.1924, serial No. 749,702.

'This invention relates to 'new and useful improvements in pistols, andparticularlyto toy pistols to be used `in killing flies. v

One object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is simple in construction, and which isv easy to operate.

lAnother object'is to provide a device of this character which includesa rubber band as the missile, and wherein a portion of the triggermechanism is arranged to produce a whirring or whistling sound each timethe pistol is discharged.

Other objects and advantages will be ap- 1 parent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side. elevation of a pistol a made in accordance with thepresent invention, and in position to be discharged.

Figure 2 is atop plan view of the pistol. Figure 3 is an enlargedvertical longitudinal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Referring particularly to the acompany-- ing drawing, thereis shown apistol body including the hand-gripv 10, and the 'barrel portion 11.Formed vertically through the rear end of the barrel portion is anopening 12, and in the lower portion of the rear wall of this opening'lthere is formed a projection 13, against which the rear face of theupper end of the trigger 14 is arranged to bear, and which serves asastop to limit the movement of the trigger. The trigger is j mounted onthev transverse pin 15, In the,

upper portion of the opening 12 there is disposed a rotary .member 16,which is sup` -ported on the transverse pivotpin 17, and

which has the plurality of radial arms 18, l each of which 1s adaptedto. project above the upper end of the opening, when the member isrotated.

The forward face of the upper end of the trigger is provided with a iiatport-ion which is arranged4 to engage with the rear face of the free endof one of the arms18, while the rear' face of the upper end of thetrigger bears against the before-mentioned projec-- tion 13, whereby toresist any effort to ro Y tate the member 16 forwardly.

A rubber band is placed with one end l. transversely in a recess 19,formed in the forward'end of the barrel 11, and the other end loopedaround the upwardly projecting arm 18ct the member 16. Upon grasping thetrigger and pulling same rearwardly toward the hand grip 10, the member16 will be given a slight rearward rotation sufficient to permit theupper end o'f the trigger to pass forwardly of the arm engagedtherewith. The trigger is thus released' from the member 16, when therubber band willshoot forwardly oli' the end of the barrel, and strike atiy at which the pistol was aimed. The forward movement of the rubberband causes the rapid rotation of the member 13, which willcontinue fora brief period.

The free end ot' each of the arms 18 is formed with an opening 20, andas the member 16 rapidly rotates, the air passing across these openingswill produce a whirring or whistling sound.

It will be noted that the trigger depends vertically by gravity, andupon drawing the ,rubber band backwardly and engaging or 1. A toy pistolincluding a barrel and' handgrip, a trigger, a flexible missile, and arotatable detent for engagement with the missile and with the trigger,said detent being arranged to rotate rapidly when released from thetrigger and having openings against which air impinges to producesounds. i 1 Y 2. A toy pistol including a pistol body, a trigger mountedin the body, a rotatable detent mounted for engagement with the trigger,means on the body for engagement by the trigger to hold lthe rotatable`detent against rotation, said detent being formed with peripheralopenings across which air passes toV produce whistling sounds, and anelastic band releasably engaged with the body ot the pistol and saiddetent.

3. A toy pistol including ha body having an opening therethrough, onewall of the opening having a projection, a trigger pivota'lly supportedin the opening and arranged to bear againstY the projection,a detentrotatably mounted in the opening above the v said projecting arm.

4. A toy pistol of the character described,

j comprising a handle grip and barrel having a recessed portion.provided in the top and adjacent the rear end thereof, a rotary diskarranged within the recess portion and including oppositely extendinghammer heads upon its periphery, a trigger pivotally mounted within thelower portion of the recess portion and having its upper end engaged inthe forward sides of the hammer heads, and an elastic strip-having itsopposite ends looped upon theouter end of the pistol barrel and hammerheads respectively.

tures.

5. .toy pistol of the character descriloed, comprising a handle grip andbarrel including a recessed portion adjacent the rear end thereof, arotary disk arranged within the upper portion of the recessed portionand including a plurality of oppositely disposed hammer heads upon itsperiphery and extending upon the upper side of the pistol, a triggerpivotally mounted within the lower portion of the recessed portion andhaving its upper end engaged in the forward sides of the hammer heads,and an elastic band having its opposite ends extending over the forwardend of the barrel and rear sides of the hammer heads respectively.

ln testimony whereof, we aix our signa- ARCHIE D. PEPIN. FRANK P. W.HAAGK.

